Chapter 504 - Here (2/2)
Upon seeing Hao Xuan reading the contents of the page so intently, the hunter glanced towards the Scorpion King who was looking towards another direction and got a little closer to Hao Xuan.
”The main point is that depending on the part of the body the pattern appears, it can have different effects and powers. Sometimes it is not even on the skin but somewhere inside the beast so it's not easy to find them.”
”Ahan,” Hao Xuan responded absentmindedly. He went over the entire document but there was a key point missing there.
”Oi,” he met the hunters one good eye, ”Why doesn't it say HOW you get the words of power? Do you graft the skin in yours or what?”
”Graft?” the hunter was flabbergasted upon hearing a brand new word, ”N-No...? You just kill the beast yourself and there is a chance of receiving the 'word' after that.”
”Just kill it?”
”Yes!” the hunter nodded, ”But you have to kill it yourself. If anyone else helps you then the word will disappear. Only if you kill the beast with your own power without any outside help whatsoever there will be a small chance of getting the word.”
Hao Xuan was looking right into the hunter's eyes throughout their talk, keeping an eye on his pulse, heart rate, pupillary response and any other obvious signs of lying but there was nothing out of ordinary.
Either he was telling the truth or he was a really good liar.
”Alright, I'll see if what you said is true or not when the beast that's hiding here comes out,” Hao Xuan said looking around, ”Speaking of it, shouldn't it have shown itself by now? You said it came out when the moon was at its peak,” he said in a low voice.
The hunter was also shaken awake by the query. He looked up at the bright crescent moon before looking towards the place the spider had come from.
”I think...its already here?” he mumbled doubtfully, but with his limited vision, he couldn't see much around them.
Hao Xuan squinted his eyes, scrutinizing the surroundings.
”Oi, did you hear anything?” he asked the Scorpion King through spirit sense but didn't get a response.
”OI!” he asked again, this time much louder. The Scorpion King who was standing within arms reach raised his left hand, ”There!”